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Tennis Advances In Semifinals
The Verona boy’s tennis team moved on in the NJSIAA state tournament semifinal round for North Jersey, Section 1, Group 1 with a 4-1 victory over Waldwick High School. After a rare loss in first singles for senior Matt Tuorto, Alejandro Diaz was up 5-0 in second singles before his opponent retired. Josh Solomon came [...]
Baseball Loses To CG, Major Win For Boys Lacrosse
In sloppy playing conditions last night at Yogi Berra Stadium the Hillbillies baseball team fell to the Cedar Grove Panthers 8-1. The ‘billies had two men on base in five out of the seven innings but was only able to capitalize on it once. Dean DeNicola led off the game with a hit and Chris [...]
Softball, Tennis Fall As Lacrosse Rallies
The Hillbillies’ softball team dropped their second straight game yesterday, suffering an 11-5 defeat at the hands of Newark Academy. Caroline Chivily and Ellen DiDia had two hits each and DiDia doubled and had an RBI. Remi Sullivan, Laura Hart, Paige Ferrell and Jenna Atmeh also had hits in the effort. Atmeh and Samantha Bass [...]
Wins For Softball, Lacrosse,Tennis
The Verona High School softball team scored six runs in the fourth and fifth innings to take an 8-0 victory over Millburn High School yesterday in Verona. Ellen DiDia, Shelly Herman, Laura Hart, Jenna Atmeh and Brianna DaRin combined for 10 hits and five RBIs. DiDia swiped three bases and Jill Cummings stole two as [...]
Loss For Softball As Golf, Tennis Win
The Verona softball team’s record dropped to 9-4 when it fell to the Caldwell Chiefs 13-2 Monday in Verona. Caroline Chivily had a hit and scored a run. Shelley Herman had hit and an RBI in the effort. The golf team’s record improved to 9-1 with 168 to 215 win over the Bengals of Bloomfield [...]
Girls’ Lacrosse Wins As Softball, Tennis Fall
Julieanne Mascera led both teams in scoring with six goals and an assist to lead the Hillbillies’ girls lacrosse squad to a 12-10 victory over Villa Walsh Academy yesterday in Morristown. Down 8-6 at the half, Verona was able to shut down Villa Walsh’s offense by limiting them to just two second-half tallies. Shannon Curran [...]
Double Golf Victory, Tennis Falls In Second Round Of Essex Tourney
The Verona High School golf team took matches yesterday over Newark Science 176-262 and Bloomfield 176-230. The team is coming off one of the most significant wins in recent memory with a 170 to 187 victory over the always tough West Essex Knights. Senior Nick Rollo led the team by shooting 42 against the Knights. [...]
Senior Athlete Of The Week: Matt Tuorto
Tennis is most often thought of as an individual sport. One player, one opponent, one match, one spotlight. But it is possible to be a team player while standing out as an individual and that is why Matt Tuorto of the Verona High School boys tennis team has been chosen as this week’s Verona Sports [...]
Tennis Wins Again As Baseball, Softball Fall
The Verona baseball got touched up for eight runs by the Caldwell Chiefs through three innings on their way to their first loss of the season, 10-3. Verona got on the board after Luke Sniatkowski got his second hit of the game, a double to right center and was knocked home by sophomore PJ Lombardi. [...]
Baseball Bests Cedar Grove, Tennis Tops Nutley
In an exciting match-up against Cedar Grove on Wednesday, the Hillbillies captured a 6-2 win against their rival. Tim Kiernan’s first-inning home run put Verona up 1-0. In the top of the second, Cedar Grove scored on a single and triple to even it up at one. Verona let a huge opportunity slip away in [...]